The Nolan Section
What was the first feature-length, Cel-Animated & Sound Feature animated movie ever released?
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Elizabeth Bennet acts as the protagonist of what 1813 novel?
Pride and Prejudice
What does NASA stand for?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Which event caused Britain to declare war in 1939?
Germany invaded Poland
Which celebrity attacked paparazzi with an umbrella and shaved her head?
Britney Spears
In The Matrix, does Neo take the blue pill or the red pill?
Red
Where was Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights set?
West Yorkshire, England
In what year did the first woman go to space?
1963
Which event brought the United States into the war in December 1941?
The attack on Pearl Harbor
Who slapped Chris Rock on stage and went viral?
Will Smith
What song plays over the opening credits of Guardians of the Galaxy?
“Come and Get Your Love” by Redbone
Name the author:
a) He was born in Dublin in 1854, and died in Paris in 1900.
b) He wrote plays, stories, and poems, and was famous for all three.
c) He was associated with the aesthetic movement.
d) One of his first widely known stories was titled ‘The Happy Prince’.
Oscar Wilde
What spacecraft was famously repaired with duct tape?
Apollo 13
Which major city suffered a brutal blockade that lasted 872 days?
Leningrad (now known as Saint Petersburg)
How long had Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee known each other before getting married on a beach in 1995?
4 days
What is the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time?
Deadpool and Wolverine
For 15 years, starting in 1996, what daytime talk show megastar’s book club recommended a total of 70 books leading to total sales of over 55 million copies?
Oprah Winfrey
What are Saturn’s rings made of?
Ice, with small amounts of rocky debris, silicates, and dust
What was the codename for the program to develop nuclear weapons?
The Manhattan Project
What make and model of vehicle was O.J. Simpson riding in during his infamous 1994 slow-speed police chase?
1993 Ford Bronco
Who wrote the screenplay for Rocky?
Sylvester Stallone
What classic Leo Tolstoy novel, first released serially from 1873-1877, tells the story of a titular woman and her affair with Count Vronsky?
Anna Karenina
Who was the first human to travel into space?
Yuri Gagarin
What term was used for Japanese pilots who flew suicide missions?
Kamikaze
For what type of white-collar crime related to ImClone Systems stock was Martha Stewart sent to prison in 2004?
Obstruction of justice, conspiracy, and making false statements to federal investigators